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Collects Receive a Rich Translation
Come Advent, the prayer after the Kyrie and Gloria will sound quite different — and it will have a profound effect, says a Benedictine liturgist. Part of the Register's series on the new Missal. An Oct. 9 issue feature.
During the sacrifice of the Mass, the last part of the Introductory Rites is a prayer called the Collect.
In our current version, this is called the Opening Prayer, but, in fact, "collect" is a richer word, and it will be useful for us to begin employing it to refer to this prayer.
All that we have done so far in the liturgy — the entrance procession with its chant, the Penitential Act, and on some days the Gloria — is now "collected" in a focused way by the prayer the priest proclaims. This prayer is always proper to the day, and, as such, it gives a precise focus to the particular celebration that is now under way.
The collects of the new translation are much richer. They follow more closely the structure of the original Latin form for this prayer.
In fact, each of the various prayers of the liturgy has its own literary form. Just as there are rules for composing a sonnet and the sonnet finds its beauty by expression within that form, so a collect has its form on which innumerable variations are possible.
In Latin, a collect is usually one long sentence. Our current English breaks this up into several sentences, but the new version restores the single sentence.
This will help us to grasp the unity of the various parts and how they all fit together into forming the "logic" of the prayer. It will require greater attention by the priest who proclaims it and by the people listening, but, surely, greater attention will mean a kind of renewal for us all.
In fact, there are several forms possible in collects. I will speak here about the most common form.
It begins 1) by addressing God, often simply "O God," or just as often with a slightly expanded title like "Almighty ever-living God." It is interesting to note that collects never begin by addressing God as "Father," as happens in scores of collects in our present version, where the liberty was taken to change the Latin forms of address.
Next, 2) the prayer continues with a phrase that begins with the word who, that is "O God, who …" Here, any number of possibilities may follow, but it is always remembering something God has done in the past or does for us now. So, in fact, we are naming God and calling upon him as the one who saved us in the incarnation of his Son or who raised his Son from the dead or who sanctifies the Church by the Spirit.
The present version does not translate this "who" structure. It turns it into a declarative statement: O God, you saved us; you raised your Son, etc. The introduction of the who, small as it is, will make an enormous difference in the long run, cumulatively over many prayers.
A collect does not mean to tell God what he did in a declarative statement. Rather, it calls upon God as one whom we know precisely through what he has done for us. Indeed, that is somehow part of his name. It is he whom we address.
Then, 3) in the middle of the long sentence, there is a verb that requests something, often surrounded by several other words that express our respect, even a sort of courtesy in asking, like "Grant, we humbly pray …"
Our current version moved this to the end of all the prayers, finishing with the standard phrase "We ask this [or 'Grant this'] through our Lord Jesus Christ …"
But the deferential form in the middle of the prayer is better because what we request is always something big indeed, for it is based on the "God who" has already done so much in the past.
Now, 4) we ask for something in our present, and, of course, the possibility of variation is very wide, as wide as the God who has done so much for us. All this is held together in one long sentence, which expresses in its very form how much God holds together in a single whole: past, present and future, his doing and our asking.
This is much more graceful than a declarative statement followed by a new sentence with a request that can appear blunt if it is not connected to the "God who" and not framed with phrases of courteous asking.
After this, the prayer 5) always finishes in the same way: with the phrase that begins "Through our Lord Jesus Christ …" This phrase is meant to cast its force over the entire prayer. It is not meant to be restricted, as in the present version, simply to "we ask through," but it wants everything referred to in the prayer to be drawn into this sentence, which is Trinitarian and, indeed, a celebration of the Trinitarian mystery.
The new Trinitarian ending restores the suggestive phrase "in the unity of the Holy Spirit" rather than the plainer present version, which simply says "and the Holy Spirit."
The new collects are much stronger for their following this literary form more closely. Add to this the richer vocabulary and imagery taken from the Latin, and the improvement will be heard in prayer after prayer.
Benedictine Father Jeremy Driscoll is a monk of Mount Angel Abbey in St. Benedict, Oregon.
In 2002 he was named as advisor to the Vox Clara Commission for the Congregation for Divine Worship at the Vatican.
In 2004 he was named a member of the Pontifical Academy of Theology. In 2005 he was appointed by Pope John Paul II as consultor to the Congregation for Divine Worship.


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After months of nearly non-stop campaigning, President Obama and his team have spent the last two weeks crisscrossing the country to make their final appeals to voters. Veteran political photographer Brooks Kraft has been there to document the campaign's final days.
This was the eighth presidential campaign that Kraft has photographed, and his sixth for TIME. Over the years, he has honed his approach to shooting some of the most photographed men and women in the United States. Kraft rarely takes his pictures from the press platforms, preferring to move around, searching out unique angles and small details.
"I attempt to work around all the messaging and clutter surrounding the candidate, to take photographs that reflect the character of the campaign," he told TIME.
These photographs, many shot in so-called 'battleground' states, capture the energy and exhaustion of a campaign winding down. Kraft captures both the quiet details—from Secret Service agents on a distant roof to a close-up of a pink breast cancer awareness bracelet on the President's wrist — and the dramatic moments — ecstatic crowds pressing toward the stage and the President silhouetted against spotlights as he speaks.
Shooting politics for so many years has allowed Kraft to make iconic pictures that transcend the obvious. "Shooting campaigns requires patience and persistence," he said. "It can take many days of long travel to find images that can last beyond the daily news cycle."
Brooks Kraft is a Washington D.C.-based photographer.

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Marvel: Avengers Alliance and Frozen Free Fall Trailers: Mobile Magic
Make room on your phones and tablets, because Marvel: Avengers Alliance and Frozen Free Fall are coming to Android and iOS devices respectively.
The popular Facebook game Marvel: Avengers Alliance is set to debut on Android devices today, bringing with it all of the turn-based combat and social interaction that players have enjoyed for months. Players will take on the role of an agent of S.H.I.E.L.D. and team up with heroes like Iron Man, Thor, Hulk and Captain America as they tackle missions together. Heroes can be unlocked, trained and put into dream teams as more missions come down the chute later on.
To celebrate the release of Disney's 53rd animated feature, Frozen, Disney Interactive is releasing a match-three game called Frozen Free Fall. You can save the kingdom of Arendelle by matching up icons in this free-to-play mobile game. Fans can join Elsa, Anna and the rest of the crew as they solve 75 different puzzles by sliding ice crystals to match three or more icons. As players progress, they can unlock different characters, all with their own unique abilities.
Check out the trailers and head to the Google Play store or the App Store to download these games now.


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WHERE: Kezar Stadium, San Francisco
WHEN: 7 p.m. PT
RADIO/TV: None.
WHAT TO LOOK FOR: San Jose coach Frank Yallop said Tuesday that he will be using several players who are penciled in to start during the regular season, but he also must make his final decisions regarding the Quakes' roster; San Jose has 26 players in camp, and must cut two before the season begins on March 27.
"We'll probably go with a lot of guys that might be starting on Saturday [in the preseason finale against the Portland Timbers] and the following Saturday [in the regular-season opener against Real Salt Lake]," said Yallop, who expects to change liberally at halftime.
Brazilian forward Eduardo, the Quakes' top addition this offseason, will not play, as he is at home dealing with personal matters before the season starts. But he did practice with the team before the 10-day England trip and is expected to be ready for the regular season.
André Luiz (knee surgery) and Brandon McDonald (hamstring/calf soreness) marked their return from injury by participating fully in Tuesday's practice, although their availability might be limited as Yallop doesn't want to be forced into playing someone who isn't 100 percent fit. That's how you wind up with nagging injuries and a 1-8-2 start, which San Jose is loath to repeat.


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Advancing The Region
Brandon's a good choice to lead Chamber.
Zach Brandon had a pretty good day last Thursday. At 8:45 he was publically introduced as the new president of the Greater Madison Chamber of Commerce, and two hours later he was helping break ground on the new Edgewater Hotel redevelopment. Nice way to start your tenure as the private sector economic development leader in Madison.
It won't always be that easy. But we join those who believe Brandon's up to the task and the right guy to move the Greater Madison business community to the next level. And that level is nothing short of nationally recognized and globally competitive. Brandon's job will be to continue the excellent work outgoing president Jennifer Alexander did building on Madison's small business strengths and big business vision while using the Capital city's assets to advance the entire region. Advance Now is the theme. It's also Brandon's challenge. We plan to help him meet it.


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This week was marked by an awful lot of political news, and Ars covered some of the most important tech angles of the national elections, from the e-voting chaos that took place in still-recovering New Jersey, to some of the massive challenges that presidential candidate Mitt Romney's campaign faced with its Web app Orca (we also wrote stories on a number of state laws that were passed or in question on election night pertaining to Internet use).
But Ars also covered a lot of other important news and reviewed seven products this week. We've separated the news and reviews out, so take a skim and see if you've missed anything from either column.
Also be sure to check out our podcast: Ars Technicast, Episode 14—Why the Microsoft Surface misses the mark for some audible Ars goodness.
Important News
- Jury says journalist arrested while videotaping police is not guilty
Miami man plans to sue department over unauthorized deletion of his footage.
- For redheads, skin cancer may be in the genes
Even without exposure to the sun, redheads may be more at-risk for melanoma.
- E-voting chaos: NJ voters sent to official's personal Hotmail address
And it uses his mother's maiden name as a "password recovery" question.
- Parrot in captivity manufactures tools, something not seen in the wild
The mental ability needed for tool use may be more widespread than we think.
- "I am no man": For Zelda-playing daughter, dad gives Link a sex change
"Dad's favorite pastime shouldn't treat girls like second-class citizens."
- Inside Team Romney's whale of an IT meltdown
Orca, the Romney campaign's "killer" app, skips beta and pays the price.
- Patent suits target Google, Intel, hundreds more for encrypting web traffic
Unknown company's four-year campaign involving SSL is only gathering steam.
- A Fort Knox for Web crypto keys: Inside Symantec's SSL certificate vault
Storing the keys at the heart of encrypted Web communications is no simple task.
This week's reviews
- Achieving fusion—with a service training doc, Ars tears open Apple's Fusion Drive
In-depth and hands-on with what it does and how it does it.
- Nexus 4—two-thirds of a great phone
How much would you overlook to get Android 4.2 and timely updates?
- Review: The skinny on the iPad mini—it's not the size that counts
The display is a different story—one that could be the deciding factor.
- Review: Android 4.2 is a sweeter-tasting Jelly Bean
Android update brings improved security, multiuser support, and 10" tablet UI.
- 13" Retina MacBook Pro review: more pixels, less value
The Retina display is gorgeous, but comes with compromises.
- Beauty and brains: the LG Optimus G reviewed
LG gets it right by packing power into a sleek-looking chassis.
- Review: Samsung's new ARM Chromebook gets by without Intel inside
The $249 Chromebook delivers surprisingly good performance for the price.


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The School Bus Safety Community Advisory Committee
In recent times, the CCSP provided representation on The School Bus Safety Community Advisory Committee established in 2011 by the NSW Minister for Transport, the Hon Gladys Berejiklian MP and the Minister for Roads and Ports, the Hon Duncan Gay MLC.
The committee was comprised of representatives from parent organisations across the government, Catholic and independent schools sectors, the
Belt Up for Safety Action Group; an emergency department doctor; BusNSW; the Country Mayors Association; the NRMA; Transport for NSW (TfNSW);
and Roads and Maritimes Services (RMS).
The purpose of the Committee was to inquire into and report on issues relating to the safe transportation of children in rural and regional NSW. The Committee met in 2011 and 2012
with regional public meetings in Coffs Harbour, Albury and Wagga Wagga. The Committee arrived at 35 recommendations which were submitted to the Minister on 21 October.
Click to view the Report and NSW Government Responses
In August 2013 the Hon Gladys Berejiklian announced $200 million investment in response to the Committee Recommendations. The plan will see the installation of seat belts and phasing out of students standing in the aisles in more than 1700 dedicated school buses in rural and regional NSW over the next ten years, in 2014.
The CCSP commends the work of the Ministers in adopting the recommendation of having seat belts on buses and continues to push for phasing in of the 'no standing recommendation' sooner than later. The plan does not include charter buses, buses used for school excursions or regular daytime bus services, but schools in all three education sectors are being encouraged to ensure providers meet the minimum standards when hiring or procuring buses.
Other recommendations made by the committee which Transport for NSW will adopt to improve regional and rural school bus safety include:
In February 2014 after the Port Macquarie school bus crash, CCSP once again wrote to Minister Berejiklian to redouble efforts to expedite the phase-in of seatbelts and eradicate standing in the aisles.
Previous Actions
2002 – formation of joint bus action group consisting of Council of Catholic School Parents, NSW Parents Council, Federation of Parents & Citizens Associations, Federation of School Community Organisations, Isolated Childrens Parents Association, with advice sought from BUS Action Group, the Commuter Council, the Pedestrian Council, Kidsafe and Staysafe. Objectives of the forum included the following: that in situations of school student bus travel where road speeds are permitted above 60kph:
The group continued to exert pressure in the public domain and directly to government to improve bus safety conditions for school students.


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The Rules: Good Television Edition
If Kim Kardashian's well-traveled yet consistently hypnotizing room-shaker just doesn't calm that nasty case of televisionitis anymore, do not fear.
This is the 21st century. And armed with both an MLB.TV subscription AND an MLB Extra Innings package on Direct TV, you never have an excuse to sully your brain again (unless Las Vegas is involved).
There are three basic rules.
Watch Tony Campana. That's right. I can't help but tune into this wily sCrUB. He's great television! Seriously, the dude looks like he should be delivering my newspaper every morning on a magenta, one-speed Huffy, not working a walk so he get on base to haunt opposing pitchers. Perhaps it's because my imagined baseball skill-set is similar to that of Campana's that I often find myself glued to his base-running. Or maybe it' s just because the guy is a buzzing gnat in a game full of free-swinging giants.
Number Two:
WATCH the American League East. Doesn't matter the team. Yankees. Drama. Red Sox. Drama. Orioles? DRAMA! Blue Jays? MORE DRAMA! Rays… oh the Rays… they are the KINGS of DRAMA. On any given night no one knows what the hell is gonna happen in this division. It's a baseball fanatic's wet — okay. Sorry, chuggin' the verklempt there.
Number Three:
Bryce. Friggin'. Harper.
Watch this dude. Seriously.
I gotta tip my cap to Mike Rizzo and the Nats. Both of their high profile picks have delivered early in their careers, not with just talent, but with poise and brass balls. Watch Bryce Harper play a baseball game and tell me he doesn't love it more than anything else on the planet, that he doesn't live his every waking second for the opportunity to play the game we love so much to the best of his ability, AT ALL TIMES.
Isn't that a great example of how life should be lived by us all?
Stay tuned to Bryce Harper. That kid is fantastic television.
And go ahead, hate me. I don't care. Just don't hate me 'cuz I'm right.


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How Pinterest Boosted Jetsetter's Traffic by 150%
There's nothing quite like Pinterest when it comes to eye candy. And few sites, if any, have more stunning photography than Jetsetter. So it's not surprising that Jetsetter's most recent initiative was a "pin it to win it" Pinterest contest. It's also not surprising that the contest performed very well. Pinterest is the darling of the interwebs, with staggering referral traffic and a rapidly growing user base, and it's natural that stunning travel photos spread like wildfire on the social media platform.
"Pinterest is the perfect platform for Jetsetter's photo-driven [content]," says Jonathan Goldmann, social media manager at Jetsetter. "While Jetsetter focuses on inspiring vacation ideas and providing insider deals for the immediate future, Pinterest helps users store and organize inspiration for an aspirational trip ... Pinterest is travel research at its best and most enjoyable."
How It Worked
Few jobs are more enviable than a travel curator — you stay in the best hotels, test every amenity, eat the finest food and see the world. Since its launch in 2009, Jetsetter has fielded many an inquiry from customers who were curious about becoming a Jetsetter curator. So Jetsetter made it happen. For its Jetsetter Curator Pinterest contest, Jetsetter asked pinners to create "the ultimate destination pinboard" from April 22 through May 6.
Using content on Jetsetter and around the web, Jetsetter members pinned photos in four categories: escape, adventure, style and cosmopolitan. To be eligible, boards needed to have "Jetsetter Curator" in the name, and each pin required the hashtag #JetsetterCurator. Winning boards were selected by Jetsetter editorial staff and a panel of judges, including Arianna Huffington and the editor-in-chief of Harper's Bazaar. The winner in each category won a three-night stay at a Jetsetter destination pertaining to that category — the escape winner won a trip to Turks and Caicos, cosmopolitan to Miami, style to Los Angeles and adventure to Belize. The most followed Jetsetter Curator board won its owner $1,000 in Jetsetter credit, a reward that incentivized pinners to share their boards and pins with friends.
Engagement Metrics
Marketers have bandied about several ways to quantify social media success, but engagement seems to be the prevailing metric. If that's the case, we can call this a win. More than 1,100 users vied for a free trip, with an average of 40 images per board, totaling nearly 50,000 pins. Throughout the contest, referral traffic from Pinterest to Jetsetter.com increased 100% and pageviews increased 150%. Not only were more people coming to Jetsetter.com, but they were also sticking around longer — the bounce rate decreased by 10 to 15% during the promotion. Thanks to Pinterest's integrations with Twitter and Facebook, Jetsetter also experienced a boost in referral traffic from those social networks, too. On Pinterest, the promotion helped Jetsetter jump from 2,000 to 5,300 followers — a pretty dramatic leap.
Given the way the Pinterest eco-system works, those 50,000 pins gave the Jetsetter brand immense reach throughout the promotion — especially because jaw-dropping travels photos are exactly the kind of things that dominate Pinterest (well, that and quinoa recipes). Understanding what catches users' eyes also serves as a valuable market research tool for Jetsetter: The "Jetsetter Curators" helped to provide the actual Jetsetter curators with a wish list of destinations for the site, so Jetsetter can better serve its members. Another reason why the contest was a win is that, aside from the prizes, Jetsetter Curator was a free activation — all of the content was user-generated. This bootstrapped approach is promising for small businesses, who seek to innovate and engage without breaking the bank.
"The overall goal of our Jetsetter Curator contest was branding, quality content generation and engagement with members," says Goldmann. "We wanted to build an engaged community of travel curators on Pinterest. When people think 'travel' on Pinterest, we want them to think 'Jetsetter."
If you can afford to get lost in travel photos for a while, check out the winning boards:
Escape: @EarmarkSocial (276 photos!)
Style: @grnktchn
Cosmopolitan: @Emily_Sumners
Adventure: @Jessi
Most Followed: @therealmurphy (The board name has changed to "P-L-A-C-E-S," as the user is now collaborating with Jetsetter's Pinterest account)
Has your business run a contest on Pinterest? Let us know in the comments.
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News Archives - 1997
Augsburg to Dedicate Lindell Family Library & Information Technology Center
Augsburg College will dedicate its new $15 million Lindell Family Library & Information Technology Center with a public ceremony on Nov. 2.
The ceremony will start at 4 p.m. in Hoversten Chapel, located at 625-22nd Ave. S., and conclude with a formal dedication in front of the new building at 5:30 p.m. A reception in the library will immediately follow the ceremony.
Earlier in the day (from 12-3:45 p.m.), the neighborhood community is invited to participate in tours, which will include demonstrations, hands-on events and videos.
The four-level, 73,000-square foot facility officially opened Sept. 1 after 14 months of construction. Among its features are a state-of-the-art multimedia computer development lab and a multimedia classroom equipped with state-of-the-art projection, satellite downlink and uplink capability and network access.
The new library and information technology center was named after donor James G. Lindell, whose major gift brought fundraising for the $15 million facility near completion. Eight members of Lindell's family have attended Augsburg.
Besides Augsburg students, faculty and staff, other primary users of the new building are students from the Associated Colleges of the Twin Cities (ACTC)--which includes St. Thomas, Macalester, St. Catherine and Hamline-- and students from Bethel College, Concordia-St. Paul and the University of Minnesota. It is also accessible to scholars, researchers and Cedar-Riverside neighborhood and community users.


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Under the cloak of night.
A little dramatic, sure, but lately Twilight has been all about the drama. Aside from Nikki Reed arriving with Paris Latsis yesterday however there wasn't much drama about several cast members coming in to Vancouver. Knowing Twi-Hards though, they'll find something to tweak their nipples over. Yes, new hatemail is below.
But first – it's Ashley Greene, Elizabeth Reaser, Kellan Lutz, Nikki Reed, and the new Victoria, Bryce Dallas Howard, now in town to prep for Eclipse. Costume fittings and makeup tests and training and meetings. No rehearsals just yet.
As for the f-cking lunatics…
I've been saving up for you because I know you love it so much. The first comes courtesy of Sonya from Vermont:
I don't know what your problem is but you are wrong about Twilight and you are in for a rude awakening lady if you think that Twilight fans care what you say about us and Steph. You must be too immature to connect to the world that Steph's created for us because all you can gush over is Harry Potter and kid stories on you mean spirited blog. We get the tattoos because reading Twilight and experiencing the characters had meaning in our lives. I'll be proud to show it to my baby when she grows up and we can read it together. The story will be part of us, living inside of us, for decades, long after your blog dies with you. Hopefully God blesses you with mercy.
And Jane in Florida has this to say:
You think you're f-cken funny? I read what you wrote about us at Comic-Con you c-nt rat and YOU ARE THE RETARD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
What's wrong Lamey? Is it because Rob and Kristen are giving you and Summit the finger? You probably want him for yourself! GET A LIFE! You fat bitch! We all know that's why you are so bitter and tied your tubes! GOOD! If you had kids I'd tell mine to change schools, you and your kind.
Don't mess with the shippers bitch. We got Robsen's back. You're tredding on thin ice.
What's a shipper? Do they have weapons?
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Sounds like Carrie Fisher knew what she was talking about when she said she was going to return as Princess Leia for "Star Wars: Episode VII."
Though the actress' rep later said Fisher was "joking," George Lucas went and told Bloomberg Businessweek that, even before Lucasfilm was sold to Disney for more than $4 billion, "we had already signed Mark and Carrie and Harrison -- or we were pretty much in final stages of negotiation."
Wait, what?!
Barack Obama gets called out for "Jedi Mind-Meld" Mix-Up
"Maybe I'm not supposed to say that," Lucas added after a pause, per Bloomberg. "I think they want to announce that with some big whoop-de-do, but we were negotiating with them. I won't say whether the negotiations were successful or not."
But count on the folks at Wired and CNet and other interested parties to pick up on that one exchange out of the middle of a massive article about deal-making and the future of the Star Wars franchise.
And despite the attempt at backtracking, this does mark the first time anyone has used the word signed when it comes to Fisher, Harrison Ford and Mark Hamill, let alone all three in one sentence, and the upcoming seventh film in the saga.
Harrison Ford is also in "Anchorman 2": Check out his 'do!
Prior to Fisher's moment of candor, Hamill had said that he and his two principal costars had not yet signed contracts and Ford had been characteristically mum on the subject, despite a report that he was interested in returning as Han Solo.
J.J. Abrams has signed on to direct and Oscar winner Michael Arndt is penning the screenplay for "Episode VII," which Disney is aiming to release in 2015, with "Episode VIII" and "IX" following in two- or three-year intervals.
Disney boss Robert Iger confirmed last month that "The Empire Strikes Back" and "Return of the Jedi" scribe Lawrence Kasdan is teaming with "Sherlock Holmes" screenwriter Simon Kinberg to develop spinoff films apart from the planned trilogy.
Where are the stars of "Star Wars" now?
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text: Egyptian Dreams - Ancient Egyptian Discussion Board :: View topic - KV 55 Coffin Should Be Further Restored - Ancient Egypt - Egyptology Forum Click on the logo to visit the shop Egyptian DreamsAncient Egypt Discussion Board FAQ Search Memberlist Usergroups Register Profile Log in to check your private messages Log in KV 55 Coffin Should Be Further Restored Egyptian Dreams Forum Index -> Evidence from Amarna View previous topic :: View next topic Author Message LutzPharaohJoined: 02 Sep 2007Posts: 4174Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 4:02 am Post subject: KV 55 Coffin Should Be Further Restored In the Egyptian Museum in Cairo apparently were found additional parts of the gold sheeds from (inside?) of the coffin: "Study aims to uncover mystery of Luxor's tomb KV55" (Ahram Online - Nevine El-Aref, 14.06.2016) Quote: "... Elham Salah, head of the ministrys Museums Department, told Ahram Online that the study is being carried out on a collection of 500 gold sheets found in a box in storage at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir along with the remains of a skull and a handwritten note in French. The note, she says, is dated to when KV55 was first found and states that the 500 accompanying sheets were discovered with a sarcophagus, though it does not mention which sarcophagus. ..." I remember the DNA-TV-Show about Tutankhamens family, with Hawass looking at gold sheets from KV 55 searching a cartouche. But they were not stored in a box, he took them out of a kind maps cupboard (?). Greetings, Lutz._________________Ägyptologie Forum (German) Back to top LutzPharaohJoined: 02 Sep 2007Posts: 4174Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Wed Jun 15, 2016 7:02 pm Post subject: The "MSA Press Release 15/6/2016" from Luxor News - Jane Akshar : Quote: "The Ministry of Antiquities is trying to decipher the most controversial mystery coffin in the history of ancient Egypt The Ministry of Antiquities resumes the study of the golden fragments found inside a wooden box inside the store of the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir with a grant of $28,500 provided by the American Research Center (ARCE) Endowment Fund 2016. Elham Salah, Head of Museums Sector at the Ministry of Antiquities pointed out that the study will be conducted by a team of Egyptian archaeologists and restorers from the Egyptian Museum who would study another group of these fragments, which are likely belong to the sarcophagus of tomb KV 55 on the West Bank of Luxor. Salah also explained that this study significantly contributes in resolving the controversy over the identity of the sarcophagus found in tomb KV55, considered as one of the most controversial sarcophagus in the ancient Egyptian history. This sarcophagus is currently displayed in the Egyptian museum, she pointing out, and the studies conducted by the working team last year figured out the possibility of subordination of these fragments to the sarcophagus. Islam Ezzat, member of the scientific office at the ministry of antiquities pointed out that after the completion of this extensive study the identity of the owner of this sarcophagus would be determined as well as the owner of tomb KV55. The researchers team is currently working on the dating of this sarcophagus through figuring out the similarities of these fragments with the sarcophagus and its inscriptions. It is worth mentioning that the wooden box inside the museums store had about 500 golden fragments, a small part of a human skull, a paper written by hand in French dates to the time of the discovery of the tomb indicate that these fragments belong to a royal sarcophagus without specifying its name. The researched team is working under the supervision of a large collection of Egyptian antiquities and restoration scientists in Egypt and the world including Prof. Faeza Hekal professor of Egyptology at the American University, Prof.Hassan Selim professor of Egyptology at Ain Shams University, Prof. Mark Gabold professor of ancient Egyptian language at the University of Montpellier in France, Prof. Arnest Brnikas professor of material science at the University of Heidelberg in Germany, Prof. Suseran Janescy Great Restorer in Boston Museum at the United States of America, and Hala Hassan, head of the first section of the Egyptian Museum." Greetings, Lutz._________________Ägyptologie Forum (German) Back to top LutzPharaohJoined: 02 Sep 2007Posts: 4174Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Fri Jun 17, 2016 2:16 am Post subject: "Experts to solve mystery of ancient sarcophagus from gold flakes found in Egyptian Museum" (Mada Masr - 16.06.2016) Quote: "... One team of experts is to study the box of 500 gold fragments, and another team will work on a second set from the sarcophagus of tomb KV55, according to a statement published on the ministrys official webpage on Wednesday, titled Ministry of Antiquities is trying to decipher the most controversial mystery coffin in the history of ancient Egypt. ..." Greetings, Lutz._________________Ägyptologie Forum (German) Back to top LutzPharaohJoined: 02 Sep 2007Posts: 4174Location: Berlin, Germany Posted: Mon May 15, 2017 10:31 pm Post subject: I suspect a connection to the message from 2016. The link from my previous post is no longer active, but this should work: " Experts to solve mystery of ancient sarcophagus from gold flakes found in Egyptian Museum " (Mada Masr - 16.06.2016) (Another from 2016 : " Ancient Egyptian riddle: Fresh bid to identify mystery pharaoh in Luxors KV55 tomb ".) And here the current article ... I suspect to see as a kind of interim result of the investigation of the fund from 2015/2016. Particularly noteworthy is the assumption that the gold foils are not part of the coffin, but of the mummy from KV 55 ... " Opening a Golden Box " (Al-Ahram Weekley - Nevine El-Aref, Issue 1344, 11. - 17.05.2017) Quote: A box found in the funerary collection of Queen Hetep-Heres at the Egyptian Museum has led curators from a mystery to a new discovery During restoration work carried out on Queen Hetep-Heress funerary collection at the Egyptian Museum in Tahrir Square in Cairo, a wooden box filled with a large number of pieces of gold foil was discovered as well as a detached piece of paper with the word Amenopete or Amenophis written on it. ... ... the story of this discovery went back to 2015 when curators at the Egyptian Museum had stumbled upon a wooden box within the storage area in the collection dedicated to Queen Hetep-Heres. Upon opening the box, the curators discovered seven layers of 534 pieces of gold foil. The last layer contained a detached piece of paper with the word Amenophis or Amenopete written on it. ... ... Exploring the box, the team found pieces of wood and parts of a skeleton. Studies carried out on the foil had confirmed that it belonged to the Pharaoh Akhenaten as the name of the sun god Aten was engraved on some of the foil while other pieces bore Akhenatens titles such as Ankh En Maat, meaning he who lived in life. ... ... Selim told the Weekly that more study had shown that when the French had transported jewellery from Tanis to the museum more than 100 years ago they had restored all the collection but not the sarcophagus of Amenemuba which was in a very poor condition. The sarcophagus was put in the sarcophagi hall on the museums third floor and its gold foil was put inside a wooden box. When the KV55 tomb was discovered, Selim continued, several sarcophagi were transferred to the museum, among them the one that may belong to Akhenaten. As the late restorer Ahmed Youssef was in charge of the conservation work of both the Amenemuba and Akhenaten sarcophagi, he put the gold foil of the Akhenaten sarcophagus on top of that of Amenemuba in the same box and separated each with a piece of paper. Regretfully, Selim said, Youssef died before starting his restoration of both sarcophagi and nobody knew about the way he had divided the material apart from him. Both sets of foil will now be studied in order to restore them and insert them in their original places. Selim said that the foil that belongs to Akhenaten was not from his sarcophagus, but it could once have been used to decorate the wrapping of his mummy. From the shape and size of the foil it is almost impossible that it could have belonged to the sarcophagus, Selim said, explaining that further study could confirm his suggestion. ... 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BOSTON — Zdeno Chara scored the tying goal on a power play with under 3 minutes remaining in regulation and Jarome Iginla had the lone goal in a shootout to rally the Boston Bruins past the Anaheim Ducks 3-2 on Thursday night.
Carl Soderberg scored his first NHL goal and Tuukka Rask made 21 saves for the Bruins, who mustered only one shot on goal in the first period. They never sustained much of an offensive attack but still managed to snap a two-game skid.
Devante Smith-Pelly scored less than 2 minutes into the game, Mathieu Perreault had a goal and an assist and Jonas Hiller stopped 21 shots for the Ducks. But they went 0 for 4 on the power play, dropping the league's worst unit to 7.3 percent (4 for 55).
Bruins players came out for warmups wearing World Series caps, and the crowd cheered midway through the second period when highlights of the Boston Red Sox clinching win over the St. Louis Cardinals on Wednesday night at Fenway Park were shown on the JumboTron.
Bruins team President Cam Neely and Red Sox President and CEO Larry Lucchino then came onto the ice and held the World Series trophy high above their heads.
But despite all the excitement in the building, the Bruins got off to a slow start.
The Ducks were on the verge of their fourth straight victory until Patrick Maroon's tripping penalty with 2:58 left in the third period gave Boston late life.
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According to SNL Financial, five of the top 30 banks will feel the greatest regulatory effects of the recently released Volcker Rule, which governs proprietary trading at depository institutions.
Goldman Sachs (GS), Morgan Stanley (MS), JPMorgan Chase (JPM) and First Horizon National (FHN) each derive more than 24% of their total revenues from trading sales, the research firm says, as of Sept. 30. Goldman Sachs tops the list at 62%, followed by Morgan Stanley at 36.5%.
In terms of the quantity of trading assets, Goldman, Morgan Stanley, JPMorgan, Bank of America (BAC) and Citigroup (C) have more than $260 billion each in total trading assets. First Horizon has about $1.5 billion.
Charles Schwab (SCHW) has $3.1 billion of total trading assets and gets just 0.02% of its total revenues for trading sales. Wells Fargo (WFC), which has $60 billion of trading assets, derives 3.4% of total sales from trading.
The Volcker Rule goes into full effect on July 21, 2015.
"The final version of the rule spans nearly 800 pages and introduces a vast new compliance regime for documenting market-making and other activities allowed under the rule," said SNL analysts Robb Soukup and Sam Carrin their report. "Among the prohibitions under the rule is broad portfolio hedging, and regulators across the board acknowledged the broader rulemaking process as among the most complex in which they had ever taken part."
In terms of exemptions to the Volcker Rule, proprietary trading of certain U.S. government-related instruments — including U.S. Treasury securities and other government agency and entity related debt — is allowed.
Analysts with Keefe Bruyette & Woods point out that it's not only the biggest banks that will be affected by the new regulatory regime, since the rules also govern those with assets of $10 billion to $50 billion.
KBW foresees the compliance burden as being more important financially than any loss of revenue. "We believe the largest hurdle for regional banks will be related to hedging compliance and showing that the hedges reduce risk properly," the firm wrote in its report.
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TIFFIN, Ohio – The Northern Michigan University men's basketball team earned a split in Ohio in its final game before the Holiday break with a 62-55 loss at Tiffin University on Tuesday (Dec. 18). After NMU's first Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference win on Thursday, the Dragons closed out Tuesday's game on a 10-3 run after the Wildcats tied the game.
With the loss, NMU falls to 2-7 overall and 1-5 in the GLIAC. Tiffin is now 4-6 and 2-4 in conference action.
Sophomore forward Kendall Jackson tied the game at 52 with 3:23 left in the game after a pair of free throws. The Dragons then went on a 10-0 run before junior forward TJ Cameron buried a three-pointer with four seconds left for the seven-point defeat.
Tiffin held a 29-27 halftime lead after seven ties and six lead changes in the first 20 minutes. Junior forward Matt Craggs had nine points in the first half.
Craggs finished with a team-high 18 points. Senior forward Scooter Johnson had a double-double with 15 points and 10 rebounds. Freshman guard Stephen Pelkofer (11) was also in double figures. Jackson finished with 11 points and four rebounds.
NMU shot 42 percent (19-for-45) from the field, 47 percent (7-for-15) from the beyond the arc and went 10-for-16 from the charity stripe.
Joe Graessle had a game-high 21 points while Isaiah Twine (14) and Cody Dennison (11) were also in double figures.
The home squad shot 36 percent (21-for-58) from the floor and 28 percent (5-for-18) from deep.
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DETROIT (CBS Detroit) Got kicks? Every Detroit student who shows up on the cash-crucial Student Count Day will be able to answer "yes" thanks to a donation from Bob's Classic Kicks in midtown.
BCK, 4717 Woodward, made an arrangement with the school district to give away a free pair of black leather Nikes to every student who comes to class on Oct. 3, the day when students are counted and their numbers used as the basis for per-pupil funding from the state and federal government.
The more bodies in class, the more money schools have all year.
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bobbin, implement on which thread is wound, used in sewing, spinning, weaving, and lace making. Sometimes the wooden spools of sewing thread are called bobbins. The bobbin of a sewing machine is a metal cylinder, with a flange at each end, on which the lower thread is wound to be carried through the shuttle to the seam. In some primitive handweaving the weft, or woof, was wound on a bobbin flanged at one end and passed or carried by it through the warp. In tapestry weaving, bobbin looms are essential, as weft strands of different colors must go back and forth for the distance required by the design, somewhat in the manner of an embroidery needle darning in a pattern. In making pillow lace, bobbins form an important part of the equipment, as each thread of the pattern requires a different bobbin; intricate patterns call for hundreds of bobbins to hold the fine thread in order. Bobbins for lace making are made in various shapes and sizes, from a variety of materials, as walnut, rosewood, boxwood, and olive wood, glass, metal, ivory, coral, malachite, and bamboo, and are ornamented with carving, painting, or engraving.
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Graham Harman is Associate Provost for Research Administration and a member of the Department of Philosophy at the American University in Cairo, Egypt. He is the author of nine books, most recently The Quadruple Object by zer0 books [English Edition, July 2011].
"Instead of beginning with radical doubt, we start from naiveté. What philosophy shares with the lives of scientists, bankers, and animals is that all are concerned with objects. The exact meaning of "object" will be developed in what follows, and must include those entities that are neither physical nor even real. Along with diamonds, rope, and neutrons, objects may include armies, monsters, square circles, and leagues of real and fictitious nations. All such objects must be accounted for by ontology, not merely denounced or reduced to despicable nullities. Yet despite repeated claims by both friends and critics of my work, I have never held that all objects are "equally real." For it is false that dragons have autonomous reality in the same manner as a telephone pole. My point is not that all objects are equally real, but that they are equally objects..."
(The Quadruple Object, Introduction, page 5)
The Quadruple Object by Graham Harman is a succinct and ambitious new theory of objects that reexamines Heidegger's fourfold theory (a vague and, until Harman, unexplored and poetic idea of the world in four parts: earth, sky, gods, and mortals) through the lens of Object-Oriented Ontography (a slightly different take on Object-Oriented Philosophy). Harman, constrained by complications with the publisher, grant access, and his own lecture schedule decided to take a unique approach and "live-blog" his writing process.
"Live-blogging" might seem like an unorthodox approach for a philosophical treatise, but also a wildly brilliant one. Harman devised the blog as a ...


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The mirror of the graces; or, the English lady's costume: combining and harmonizing taste and judgment, elegance and grace, modesty, simplicity and economy, with fashion in dress; and adapting the various articles of female embellishments to different ages, forms, and complexions; to the seasons of the year, rank, and situation in life: with useful advice on female accomplishments, politeness, and manners; the cultivation of the mind and the disposition and carriage of the body: offering also the most efficacious means of preserving beauty, health, and loveliness. The whole according with the general principles of nature and rules of propriety
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Pushing Editors Into the World of Apps
The small startup 29th Street Publishing is quietly trying to revolutionize magazine publishing, one app at a time. Jackie Bischof and 29th Street co-founder David Jacobs join digits. (Photo: 29th Street Publishing)
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By Chris Wright
Everton legend Tony Hibbert has graced the most recent cover of the Angling Times after hooking a 42lb monster carp at his newly-opened private carp fishery.
Apparently it's been Hibbert's life-long dream to own his own fishing lake, and the Toffee's longest-serving player's dream finally came true when he opened "Lac de Premiere" last year.
Indeed, he's so proud of his carp pond that he invited Angling Times over for a butcher's…
What an absolute chieftain!
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The suspected abduction of an Arab teen followed by the discovery of a body in Jerusalem on Wednesday ignited clashes between Israeli police and stone-throwing Palestinians, who saw it as a revenge attack for the killing of three Israeli teens in the West Bank.
Police spokesman Micky Rosenfeld said authorities were investigating the teenager's disappearance and trying to identify the body, found in a forest on the outskirts of town. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tried to calm the situation, urging authorities to swiftly investigate the "reprehensible murder" and calling on all sides "not to take the law into their own hands."
Tensions have mounted between Israel and the Palestinians since the bodies of the three Israeli teens were found in the West Bank on Monday, more than two weeks after they went missing. On Tuesday hundreds of right-wing Jewish youths marched through Jerusalem calling for revenge.
Israel has accused Hamas of abducting and killing the three teens, and has arrested hundreds of its members across the West Bank. Rocket fire from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip has meanwhile intensified, and been met with Israeli air strikes.
The missing boy, Mohammed Abu Khdeir, 17, was approached by a car early Wednesday in a Palestinian neighborhood of east Jerusalem and then forced into it before it sped off, his cousin Saed Abu Khdeir said.
He believes his cousin was murdered by Israelis in an act of revenge. "It's a clear crime by settlers in revenge for the killing of the three," he said.
Rosenfeld said police received a report early Wednesday that an Arab teen was "forcibly pulled into a vehicle" in an area of east Jerusalem and that an hour later a body was discovered in a separate part of the city.
As news of the youth's disappearance spread, hundreds of Palestinians in east Jerusalem torched light rail train stations and hurled stones at Israeli police, who responded with tear gas and stun grenades.
At midafternoon, masked men holed up in a mosque in the east Jerusalem neighborhood of Beit Hanina lobbed rocks toward Israeli security forces in the street below. Police responded by firing stun grenades toward the mosque, as a small group of Palestinian youths stood to the side.
The street was largely deserted and littered with rocks and debris, as a small fire set next to a large green trash bin spewed black smoke into the air. There were no reports of injuries.
Rosenfeld said security was heightened following the clashes, with extra units dispatched and light rail service cut short to avoid the violence. Police also closed a key holy site in Jerusalem's Old City to visitors after rock throwing there.
Israeli officials urged calm as police investigated the incidents.
"Everything is being examined. There are many possibilities. There is a criminal possibility as well as a political one," Israel's public security minister, Yitzhak Aharonovitch, told Israel Radio. "I am telling everyone, let us wait patiently."
Western-backed Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas called on Netanyahu in a statement to condemn the death.
Nabil Abu Rdeneh, a spokesman for Abbas, said Israel was being held responsible for the death and called on it to "find the killers and hold them accountable," according to the Palestinian official news agency Wafa.
On Tuesday thousands of Israelis attended the funerals of Eyal Yifrah, 19, Gilad Shaar, 16, and Naftali Fraenkel, 16, the three Jewish seminary students who went missing last month and whose bodies were found Monday in a field near the West Bank city of Hebron.
Israel meanwhile demolished the West Bank home of Ziad Awad, who was found guilty by a military court of killing an Israeli police officer in April. The demolition on Wednesday marked a return to a policy abandoned by the military in 2005. Israel sees house demolitions as a deterrent to violence, while critics charge it is a form of collective punishment.
In a separate incident, Palestinians in the West Bank town of Aqrabeh said their home was set on fire and the Hebrew words for "price tag" sprayed on the walls.
Radical Israeli settlers have been carrying out so-called "price tag" acts of vandalism in recent years to protest what they perceive as the Israeli government's pro-Palestinian policies and in retaliation for Palestinian attacks.
The vandals have targeted mosques, churches, dovish Israeli groups and even Israeli military bases.


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Brokers weren't impressed by BMO's 2.99 per cent on its 5-year no-friller, says Centum's Paul Therien, but the offer has highlighted the need to provide clients both rate and expertise.
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Reporter: The battle of the rates continues as BMO slashes their rate, the Federal government is issuing a warning that lowering rates too fast, too quickly will land Canada's housing market in hot water. But do brokers agree? We find out in this week's Big Story on Mortgage Broker News.


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That's what we try to do at the Comptroller's Office.
Audits done by my office assisted the U.S. Attorney's Office in clawing back $466 million from the SAIC for that company's mismanagement and fraud in the infamous CityTime scandal. That money went a long way toward balancing last year's city budget.
Now, my office is demanding that Hewlett-Packard Corporation repay, related to its outrageous overbilling on the upgrade to the city's 911 emergency call system.
That project was so woefully mismanaged, it is now many years behind schedule and $1 billion over budget. My auditors' findings on HP were so disturbing that we turned the information over to the Manhattan District Attorney's Office.
But that's not all.
We also are asking the city to renegotiate its lease agreement with the Marriott Marquis Hotel, which may be the worst deal since Manhattan was sold for $24.
In 1998, the city's Economic Development Corporation gave Marriott a sweetheart deal: In 2017, the Marriott Marquis can purchase the Times Square land it sits on from the city - one of the hottest pieces of Manhattan real estate - for a fire-sale price of $20 million. That's ten cents on the dollar compared to the land's value of $200 million today.
All told, that deal could cheat taxpayers out of $345 million if it's not fixed.
The city needs to get all this money back, just like we did with CityTime. My office does what it can, but City Hall needs to do its share of the lifting.
Getting back from HP of what it owes the city and fixing the sweetheart deal the city granted Marriott could help restore the 20 fire companies, more than 30,000 childcare slots, and nearly 1,000 school teachers that face elimination in the upcoming year's budget.
City Hall can't turn back the clock and undo the gross mismanagement of these projects, but it can claw back taxpayer money. We cannot let corporations get away with ripping us off.
John C. Liu is New York City Comptroller.


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Servings: 18 2.5″x2.5″ cubes
11 large egg yolks at room temperature
4 large whole eggs
2/3 cup (150 grams/ 5.3 oz) sugar
1/3 cup (2⅔ fluid oz/ 80 ml.) water
Chocolate Base, barely warm (recipe follows)
2 cups (16 fluid oz./ 500 ml.) heavy cream
2 cups Dutch process cocoa powder (for rolling) (Note: We used extra brut, like Hershey's Special Dark. Make sure it's a Dutch processed cocoa, not a natural cocoa powder.)
In the bowl of a stand mixer, combine the egg yolks and whole eggs. Whip on high speed until very thick and pale, about 10 – 15 minutes.
When the eggs are getting close to finishing, make a sugar syrup by combining the sugar and water in a small saucepan. Bring the syrup to a boil and then cook to softball stage (235F/115C).
With the mixer running on low speed, drizzle the sugar syrup into the fluffy eggs, trying to hit that magic spot between the mixing bowl and the whisk.
When all of the syrup has been added (do it fairly quickly), turn the mixer back on high and whip until the bowl is cool to the touch. This will take at least 10 minutes.
In a separate mixing bowl, whip the heavy cream to soft peaks. Set aside.
When the egg mixture has cooled, add the chocolate base to the egg mixture and whisk to combine. Try to get it as consistent as possible without losing all of the air you've whipped into the eggs. We used the stand mixer for this, and it took about 1 minute.
Fold 1/3 of the reserved whipped cream into the chocolate mixture to loosen it, and then fold in the remaining whipped cream.
Pour into the prepared pans and cover with plastic wrap (directly touching the mixture so it doesn't allow in any air).
Freeze until very firm, at least 2 – 4 hours (preferably 6 – 8 hours).
When you're ready to plate, remove the marquise from the freezer at least 15 minutes before serving. While it's still hard, remove it from the pan by pulling on the parchment 'handles' or by flipping it over onto another piece of parchment.
Cut it into cubes and roll the cubes in cocoa powder. These will start to melt almost immediately, so don't do this step until all of your other plating components (meringue, caramel, spiced nuts, cocoa nibs) are ready. The cubes need to sit in the fridge to slowly thaw so plating components can be done during that time. They don't need to be ready before the cubes are rolled in the cocoa powder.
Plate with the torched meringue and drizzled caramel sauce, and toss spiced almonds and cocoa nibs around for garnish. You want to handle the cubes as little as possible because they get messy quickly and are difficult to move. However, you want to wait to serve them until they've softened completely. The soft pillows of chocolate are what make this dessert so unusual and when combined with the other elements, you'll get creamy and crunchy textures with cool, spicy, salty, bitter, and sweet sensations on your palate.
Chocolate Base
12 oz (340 grams/ 1½ cups) bittersweet chocolate (about 70% cocoa)
12 oz (355 ml/ 1½ cups) heavy cream
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 cup (60 ml/ 2 fluid oz.) tequila
1/4 cup (60 ml/ 2 fluid oz.) light corn syrup
3/4 teaspoon vanilla
1/4 cup (4 tablespoons/ less than an ounce) cocoa powder (we used extra brut, like Hershey's Special Dark, but any Dutch-processed cocoa would be fine. Do not substitute natural cocoa powder.)
1/8 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1 oz unsalted butter (2 tbsps./30 grams), softened
- Place the chocolate in a small mixing bowl.
- In a double-boiler, warm the cream until it is hot to the touch (but is not boiling). Remove from the heat and pour over the chocolate.
- Allow it to sit for a minute or two before stirring. Stir until the chocolate is melted completely and is smooth throughout.
- Add the remaining ingredients and stir to combine.
- Set aside until cooled to room temperature. Do not refrigerate, as the base needs to be soft when added to the marquise mixture. If you make it the day before, you may need to warm it slightly. Whisk it until it is smooth again before using it in the marquise recipe.


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From SMS to STD–is there anything smart phones won't be able to do?
Doctors and researchers in the UK are working on a chip that will detect whether or not you have a sexually transmitted disease. Much like a home pregnancy kit, users will need to urinate on a chip which detects disease. They then will plug it into their cell phone or computer and within a matter of minutes be able to read if they have any STDs (as well as what kind).
(See a photographic history of the cell phone.)
The Guardian reports that the project was inspired as a way to halt the increasing number of young people in the UK who are contracting STDs–the most common age of those contracting STDs is between 19 and 23. And because young often equates with tech-savvy, researchers believe that this technology will lead to more (and earlier!) detection for people who may be too nervous to head to the doctor.
(See other amazing health gadgets.)
So if you have a fear of the doctor (or, more likely, a fear of the doctor giving you bad news) you might soon have a quick and private way of finding out if you're healthy.
Though, you might want to sanitize your phone afterwards. (via the Guardian)


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So, without further ado, here are some highlights of the past few weeks.
- Had my first observation with my university supervisor. My lack of nervousness surprised me. The more time I spend in the classroom, the more I know that is where I am supposed to be. He gave me some useful feedback about what I was doing well at and what I should start trying to focus more on. Our follow-up conference was interesting because my professor has no experience with teaching in high school. All of his teaching and research has been done at the elementary level.
- Survived my first SURPRISE observation by the school's principal. My cooperating teacher had left me in charge of the class for a few minutes while she walked a student to the office. Several minutes later she had not returned. I had started pondering whether or not I should begin going over the bellwork when the principal walked in the door and sat down to observe. So, I just started teaching. The principal only stayed for a minute or two, but I hope I made a good impression.
- I'm finally getting the students' names down. I've discovered that knowing a student's name is the first step in building a relationship with that student. This morning a student called out to me in the hall. I was able to say good morning and call them by name. The student was pleasantly pleased that I knew his name. There are still a few quiet students in each class that I don't know their names yet, but I'm getting there!
- I gave my first detention this week. The school just adopted a new tardy policy. One tardy = One afternoon of detention. I learned my lesson, however. I need to wait until the end of the class period to actually give the detention slip to the students. After I gave one student his detention slip, he literally shut down for the rest of the class period. It was a real struggle to get him to do anything.
- Made my first foldable today. It was a three flap foldable over the three ways to determine slope. I don't think my students have ever been taught how to take notes. It's always an adventure when I sit down next to a student to help them, and I ask to look at their notes. There are the students who copy down ever mark I made on the board. And, at the other end of the spectrum, there are those students who write down nothing. Though we had already gone over the different equations for finding slope, I wanted the students to review these equations and be able to look them up if they forgot them. So, this morning as I showered I had the epiphany that we had covered three ways to find slope. And, the other day I saw a template for making a tri-fold foldable. We made them in class today, and the students seemed to really enjoy them. Since we were writing with markers on foldables, the students didn't realize that they were basically rewriting the same things they had already (hopefully) written in their notes. My favorite part of the experience was teaching the students how to use their foldable to help them with their homework assignment. When students told me that they didn't know what to do, I would ask them which flap of their foldable matched the problem (finding the slope from the equation, graph, or two points). Once they decided which flap to use, all they had to do was open the flap and write the equation down on their paper. Usually this was enough to get them started and working on their own. Yay foldables!


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By Evan Ackerman
It's about bloody time somebody recognized the hundreds, nay, thousands of years of suffering that my people (that would be, left-handed people) have dealt with. Finally, Razer has designed a mouse specifically for us. This lefty version of their DeathAdder gaming mouse has the same slick and subtle curves that the right-handed version does, just reflected over to the sinister side. And that's sinister as in left, not sinister as in 'sinister.' Honestly, there's no need to be afraid of left-handed people… Here are some left-handed facts to get you better acquainted with us:
-Somewhere between 8% and 15% of people are left-handed, and only half as many women are left-handed as men.
-The Incas thought that left-handed people had special spiritual powers. Pretty much everyone else thought that left-handed people were either just unfortunate, or pure evil.
-Left-handed people tend to be smarter than average. They also tend to be dumber than average. In other words, lefties are more likely to be at one end of the spectrum than in the middle.
-On average, left-handed men who graduate college are 26% richer than right-handed men who do. Nobody knows why, and this doesn't apply to women.
-50% of left-handed people use a mouse right-handed (and I'm one of them).
You want to know why 50% of left-handed people use a mouse right-handed? It's the man, man. The establishment. The right-handed industrial complex. So thank you, Razer, for helping us break free of the oppression and tyranny of the right-handed world… Who cares if nobody buys your mouse because we're all used to right-handed ones? You've struck a mighty blow this day, a mighty blow for the forces of all that is just and good and right in this world!
Er, wait. Left, I meant left.
As far as specs go, the DeathAdder is more mouse than you'll ever need (3500dpi Razer Precision 3.5G infrared sensor, five independently programmable "Hyperesponse" buttons, and it's wired as all serious gaming mice are), and it's yours for $60.
[ Razer ] VIA [ HotHardware ]


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Matt Pagan
Matt Pagan resides from Westchester, CA, a blue collar town inside the metropolis of Los Angeles. Matt grew up surfing everything from the beach-breaks and industrialized jetties of the South Bay to the perfect right hand point breaks in Malibu. Being from LA inspires Matt daily and with a brother as a cinematographer, they're always coming up with fresh content. Matt grew up competing and did the QS, but when he found the endless possibilities of being from a big city, traveling, and shooting photos/film, a greater passion grew. Jumping into the free surf world is fresh and new, but refreshing at the same time. While he's not traveling, you can follow the Pagan brother's start up movement that supports LA's youthful, creative community... @one4la (ilovela).


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